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THE RINGLEADER

Some of you may remember the fun we had just over a year ago with the auction of an odd sock on e-Bay. Well things have moved on, there was the auction for three Cheerio cereal hoops and let’s not forget the brussel sprout that raised thousands of pounds for charity. These are all items that must have been difficult to describe and to sell to the e-public, after all, who wants a used odd sock? People with one leg, clearly. Or other people with odd socks. Who would want to pay money for three circular puffs of wheat and why in God’s name would someone bid for a brussel sprout. It’s all in the way the items are sold you see, all in the way the item is put to the buyers and how it is therefore perceived and valued by the potential bidders.

But some items are impossible to describe and to sell. Effectively it’s just another useless piece of junk that you really don’t want anymore but it might just have some kind of value, so you sit in front of your computer and sell, sell sell. Just like I did with my latest e-Bay auction…